Scene on the Web Weekly: September 3-9, 2012

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WPLG Local 10 Versus Star Wars Cosplayers | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and RumorsBleeding Cool is being told from a semi-reliable source of previous stories about Marvel projects, to look out for new ongoing series being announced very shortly, probably this coming week. Hernandez Walta is replacing Salvador Larroca on the Point One book, but that may not affect his next project.

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Minneapolis Comic Con Draws A Thousand Each DayRyan Kopf,Cedar Rapids Geek Culture Examiner Ryan Kopf is the senior organizer of several anime and sci-fi conventions, and avid enthusiast of "geeky" events. As the chief editor for the Iowa City Owl, and an administrator for UpcomingCons.com, Ryan regularly covers convention topics with insight and perspective.

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Just signed up for 3 Fall cons: Baltimore Comic Con, El Paso Comic Con, and Central Canada Comic Con (Winnipeg). I’m also doing 3 local South Florida events: Geek Fest in Boca Raton, Palm Con in lovely Palm Beach, and Free Comic Book Day RELOADED at Yancy Street Comics in Tampa. See you out there!!Greg Horn Art

Rose City Comic-Con: Can Portland build a con to rival the mighty Emerald City?Stumptown, Kumoricon, Wonder Northwest, OryCon–does Portland really need another geek convention? Ron Brister sure thinks so, and he says he’s got the numbers to prove it. The first Rose City Comic-Con will debut at the DoubleTree Hotel this weekend, and Brister expects several thousand comics, anime, sci-fi and gaming fans to walk through the doors.

Dragon*Con founder once again facing sex charges | The BeatEd Kramer remains a shadowy figure in the fandom community. The founder of Dragon*Con, which has morphed into an adult fantasy fair of costuming and (sometimes) more, he’s also an accused sex offender, charged with molesting two teenaged boys who stayed over at his house 12 years ago.

Hello all: I’ve already received several orders for pre-convention sketches for the countries that have already welcomed the 5th of September. I do want to inform everyone that I’ve now added Dragon*Con on Labor Day Weekend of 2014 to my schedule, so feel free to think up some interesting requests for next year!George Pérez Fan Page

Hey NYC, a week from today @ValiantComics Exec Editor @WarrenSimons & I will be the guests on @ComicBookLive — make it if you can!Fred Van Lente